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Viewfinder is black. Camera seems to work find except that the viewfinder (both looking through the viewfinder or using the digital screen) is black. Which inturn if you take a picture it comes out black. You can view already taken pictures in the view finder.

Hi,This is symptom of ccd imager chip failure in your Canon S1 IS camera and ccd imager chip will be replaced to get live view in lcd and viewfinder to take fresh pictures.CCD imager chip is electronic part that converts an image into ele ...
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IXUS 75 The camera screen is black when powering it on and only takes black pictures
My screen and viewfinder are black and I cannot get it to take any pictures.

Blurry viewfinder While the viewfinder has always been a little blurry, I've had a recent problem with it being so blurry you couldn't even use it take a picture. Then after swtiching to the LCD viewfinder to shoot from, I see a large yellowish black line on the left side of it, doesn't seem to affect the pictures as I can view them afterwards ....am I going to have a major repair>

As mentioned, might be a defective CCD imager. You may be in luck. Canon should fix this for you for free, including free shipping both ways. Please check the following two links for more info:\015\012http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11/ca ...
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DSC-F707 viewfinder black

This same thing happend to me awhile back. Camera seem to be dead for several weeks until one day I tried turning on and then off the night vision. The was the usual click inside the camera and all was well after that. I still use the camera. ...
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The Viewfinder on my camera Canon Powershot SX20IS turns into black, but the LCD screen is okay. How will I see both the viewfinder & the LCD in normal viewing?

Black LCD screen and viewfinder in photo take mode

When you turn the camera on the viewfinder remains black. When you take a picture, the picture is black.

CCD FAILURE !\015\012\015\012Just Call Kodak they will do it FREE OF CHARGE ! ask them about BAD CCD !\015\012\015\012it is a known manufac fault and all are doing it FREE !\015\012\015\012Pls rate me WELL ...
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When I turn on the camera the lcd screen is black despite removing the lens. when i switch to viewfinder it is also black. camera will display images on card in playback mode

After taking the 1st picture the viewfinder comes up black (& all subsequent photos are black too)

Icons still there. can see pics through viewfinder and take shots but screen stays black in either picture-taking and review settings.
Pictures are there but screen stays black... can use menu and other features.... what do i do? is the camera dead?

This sounds like it might be a defective CCD imager. If so, Canon should fix this for you for free, including free shipping both ways. This is regardless of your camera's warranty status. ...
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Screen is black; shows photos taken, but black when turned on and used as viewfinder, as well as when picture taken

If the 2.5'' LCD screen stays black all the time, but pictures are taken properly, then the problem is either the LCD screen, the backlight, or the LCD ribbon connector.\015\012\015\012The only way to find out is disassembling the machine, acce ...
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Black Screen When i went to use my powershot s1. The display and viewfinder came up black. Memory card was ok. Menu and settings were also coming up fine. Is there a way to reboot software or is there another problem. Thanks Tommy

DSC-P200 This morning I tried to take some pictures with my P200 and the camera turns on normally, and the all of the settings that are normally visible on the viewfinder screen are there, but the screen is black. When I take a picture it's black. I have other photos from yesterday on the memory card which I can view. I have tried resetting the camera. Any ideas what the problem could be?

Sony refuses to acknowledge the ccd issue, or the 'dust bunnies' issue associated with this camera. They WILL NOT service your camera out of warranty. If you bought your camera with a credit card, call the credit card company to see if they have a wa ...
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I took a picture with the camera, turned it off and set it down. about 20 minutes later I went to take another picture, when I turned it on, it powers up, lens opens, but monitor is black and if you look through viewfinder and take a picture, the image on review is also black. It still allows you to review past taken pictures, but won't show anything in the monitor.

HiThat sounds like the display is turned off for shot preview, see if you can get it turned back on by pressing a disp. button or similar, if that doesn't help then somewhere in the settings or setup of the camere there should be a reset ...
Vivitar ViviCam 5385 Digital Camera

Every time I put the screen facing to me, the screen goes black and everything is on the viewfinder. This does not happen when I take it out to either twist the screen, and sometimes the screen flashes between the LCD and the viewfinder when it is faced me, not being twisted around or faced the other way. How do I solve this?

My cibershot DSC-F717 does not have anything in the viewfinder and the LCD displays the settings and options.The screen is black with yellow words and numbers Also my zoom will not work. The LDC does not have an image on the viewfinder nor the LCD. I do have the LCD setting options displayed. The zoom will not show where the setting is on the LCD and I have checked all the settings (the focus on the zoom mode, conversion in the set up turned to off).

HelloThank you for using FixYa for your problemYour camera is faulty. It should be taken to an authorized repair centre for a repair estimate. Very few digital cameras ...
Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F717 Digital Camera

Everything appears to be working on my camera however i cant see anything on the viewfinder its always black. I can look at pictures ,take pictures with flash, but they are black, please can you advise

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I have a Canon SI S1 digital camera and it was working perfectly until the other night. Now all you see when looking through the viewfinder or displayed on the display panal is blackness. When a picture is taken all you get is a black image. Any suggestions?

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Canon Digital Cameras

Camera shows no image through the viewfinder or on the lcd screen.pressing shutter button will actuate the camera, but only image is of a black box.using the display button to turn off the lcd does not help. the information icons show both in the viewfinder and on the lcd. camera has not been subjected to any abuse of any kind. has not been used for about 2 months

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Viewfinder Obstruction A black dot has appeared inside my optical viewfinder and is very annoying. Is there anything I can do to remove it.

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Canon Power Shot S1IS 10x optical zoom 3.2 mega pixels: I turn the camera on and cannot view any subject images either through the viewfinder or LCD screen. The cap is off and the LCD screen and viewfinder are completely black. The display information works fine.

When i turn on the camera the lcd screen is black and when i turn off the lcd the viewfinder is also black, no objects are seen, menu items can be seen but no objects

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The camera screen stays black, and I can not see anything through viewfinder or on the screen. When I take pictures, they are completely black. Is the camera worthless now?